Necktie back



A. R. BROTHERS NECKTIE RACK Filed May 19, 1948 INVENTOR Patented Mar. 27, 1951 UNITED S TATES PATENT OFFICE 'KTEGKTIE RACK Abe-R. Brothers, Brooklyn, N. Y.

' Application 19, 1948,"Seria'lNo.27,969

1 Claim. 1

This invention is a rack intended primarily to support neckties, although it maybe used to support either neckties and/or other small articles, such as belts and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a rack of simple, economical construction which will be strong and durable and well adapted to be mounted on the back of acloset door or other convenient support. I

lhe invention em-bodies several novel features which will be hereinafter more particularly pointed out in the following description and set forth in the appended claim.

The accompanying drawingillustrates different embodiments of the invention, but the construcing the present invention, showing the same as provided with two supporting brackets, although a relatively large number of brackets may be employed if so desired.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of the brackets, detached.

Figure 3 is a face view of a modified form of bracket.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a supporting rod. This rod is made from strip stock of a rectangular cross section, and, in practice, I preferably use bar stock of the heavy strap variety of rectangular cross section, relatively wide and sufiiciently thick to afford requisite strength. The major portion of the bar, intermediate its length, is left straight while its opposite ends are offset, as shown at 2, and terminate in oppositely extending feet 3 perforated at 4. Screws are adapted to be passed through these perforations to mount the bar in horizontal position on any convenient firm support, such as the back of a closet door. The offsets 2 in the bar are made deep enough to space the straight portion of the bar away from the face of the door sufiiciently to permit free movement of the article supporting bracket longitudinally of the bar as presently explained. The brackets may, in practice, be conveniently made of metal or an organic plastic.

The preferred form of bracket is shown at 5 in Figures 1 and 2. It comprises a base portion 6 provided therein with an upstanding slot 1 of a shape corresponding to the cross section of the bar I and integral with the base 6 is formed a forwardly extending hook shaped portion 8, the end of which is upturned as shown. The size 2 of the slot '1 is such as to permit these brackets to be slipped over "one "end of the bar before the bar is attached to tne'support and to thereafter permit free sliding movement of the brackets on the bar. The fit 'b'etweenthe bar and the slots 1, however, should be such'that 'a'fai'rly close conformation results between the parts, so that the brackets will not sag on the bar, but will retain their hook "shaped portions 8 in outstanding substantially horizontal -position.

Figure 1 shows two such brackets on the bar, although, inpr'actice, a large number of them 'may be utilized in accordance with the requirements of the particular user. These brackets provide individual supports for neckties, belts or other small articles which may be hung thereover after the manner of hanging any article on a hook. These articles will be suspended from the brackets in closely spaced relation where a large number of brackets are employed, but the brackets may be slid longitudinally of the bar at will, in order to separate the article supported on any particular bracket from all of the other articles likewise supported, in order to facilitate selection and to permit an article to be removed without disturbing the other articles.

In the structure of Figures 1 and 2, the brackets are so constructed that they are applied to the bar before the bar is attached to a support. It will of course be understood that brackets may be thereafter removed or additional brackets added by merely releasing one end of the bar.

In the modified structure of Figure 3, the bracket 5a is of substantially the same form as shown in the preceding figures, except that the bar slot la, which corresponds to the slot 7, is provided at its bottom with a constricted mouth lb extending to the lower edge of the bracket. This constricted mouth lb is made of less width than the thickness of the bar I, but its provision will permit a bracket thus constructed, to be snapped overthe bar after the latter has been attached to 'a support. This is possible because of the natural resiliency of the material from which the bracket is made and this natural resiliency will tend to close the mouth 1b sufi'iciently to preclude inadvertent disengagement of the bracket from the bar.

Irrespective of the type of bracket employed, the several brackets on the bar are freely slidable longitudinally thereof, as stated, and extend outwardly from the bar to permit articles to be readily hung thereon or removed therefrom. The various parts of the structure which I have described may be made in the same or contrasting colors or otherwise ornamented if so desired.

An important advantage of this invention is that the several brackets may be readily packed in compact condition, while in dismantled relation, for merchandising purposes and easily assembled by the ultimate purchaser even though the latter may be totally lacking in mechanical skill. A bar of relatively deep cross section is preferred, so as to provide relatively extensive bearing surfaces between the bar and the brackets, so that the latter will not sag on the bar. The use of a relatively deep bar also provides a relatively extensive bearing between the feet 3 and the support on which the bar is mounted so that the bar itself will not sag with respect to the support.

It will be noted that the upper edge 9 of the hook portion of each kind of bracket shown, is in the form of a concave curve which merges into a convex rearward projection H] at its forward end. This convex edge 9 causes neckties and other flexible articles to be correspondingly transversely bent where they pass over this edge and they are thus not so apt to slide off the hook as would be the case if this edge were straight.

The invention has been particularly described for use in the home, but it may also be employed for display purposes in stores and elsewhere.

The foregoing detailed description sets forth the invention in its preferred practical form, but the invention is to be understood as fully commensurate With the appended claim.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A necktie rack comprising: a horizontal bar of rectangular cross section, having ends ofiset inwardly from said bar for attachment of the bar to a firm support with the bar in horizontal position, there being mounted on the bar a plurality of brackets, each of which embodies a base provided therein with a slot slidably embracing the bar and of corresponding cross section and the base of each bracket being provided with a hook portion extending forwardly and having an upturned end, said slot having a constricted mouth extending downwardly from the base to the lower edge of the bracket to permit the bracket to be snapped onto or off the bar, and opposite faces on each of the brackets being fiat, each of the brackets being of flat stock of uniform thickness throughout with opposite faces of the stock in vertical parallel planes.

ABE R. BROTHERS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Great Britain 1915 

